Monroeville is a home rule municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
It is a suburb with mixed residential and commercial developments located about 10 miles (16 km) east of Pittsburgh.
[4] Named for Joel Monroe, the area's first postmaster, Monroeville was settled in the mid to late 18th century.
[7] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the municipality has a total area of 19.8 square miles (51 km2), of which 0.05% is water.
Monroeville has nine borders, including Plum to the north, Murrysville in Westmoreland County to the east, Penn Township in Westmoreland County to the southeast, Trafford in Westmoreland County to the south, North Versailles, Wilmerding and Turtle Creek to the southwest, Wilkins Township to the west, and Penn Hills to the northwest.
Higher education is accessible via the Community College of Allegheny County's Boyce Campus[20] and Indiana University of Pennsylvania's satellite facility in Penn Center East.
Passenger rail service by Amtrak's Pennsylvanian passes through once daily in each direction on the Pittsburgh Line, but does not call in Monroeville.
Many freight trains arrive via the same track to Norfolk Southern's Pitcairn Intermodal Terminal which straddles the Monreoville-North Versailles border in the Turtle Creek valley.
The Westmoreland Heritage Trail is a rail-trail that connects cyclists and pedestrians in Monroeville to neighboring Trafford and Murrysville along the right of way where the Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad once ran.